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#OTD in 1885.
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. This vaccine bwas produced by growing the virus in rabbits, and then weakening it by drying the affected nerve tissue. The vaccine had been tested in 50 dogs before its first human trial. The treatment's success laid the foundations for the manufacture of many other vaccines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
#science #microbiology
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. This vaccine bwas produced by growing the virus in rabbits, and then weakening it by drying the affected nerve tissue. The vaccine had been tested in 50 dogs before its first human trial. The treatment's success laid the foundations for the manufacture of many other vaccines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
#science #microbiology